A Week's Break December 2019

Well, we are into week two of Christmas break. The first week was spring-like. Time was spent grading exams, walking to break the monotony of grading, and running an errand or two. The most difficult one was forcing myself to go spend some time at Half-Price books. Terrible, terrible chore for an English teacher as you can imagine. But I forced myself to spend an afternoon with books all around me. Sigh. The walks were lovely; the rain Saturday a delight, the week was proverbially too fast. This week I will spend most of it outside doing what looks like work. Yesterday I moved things around so I could get the things I really want to do done later this week. Today, I'll spend time at school putting all my grades on the computer and printing the stuff I need for next week. Once I get that stuff all finished, the rest of the week will be mine. I had hoped that with all the ice off the pond the goldfish might make an appearance, but, alas, it looks as if they are settled in for the winter at the bottom of the pond. The feathered friends are still active, and you can tell it's not spring--the male Cardinals are tolerating each other. I am off to play teacher. Hope you have a marvelous day. Get outside! Winter is in the air!!! We need that cold to make spring beautiful.